Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Runs point streak to five
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Caufield had an assist, two shots, one block and one hit in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime win over the Islanders.
Caufield picked up the secondary assist on Nick Suzuki's game-winner in OT. The helper extended his point streak to five games, during which he has four goals and three assists.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Lights lamp twice in loss
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Caufield scored two goals on five shots on net, adding a block and a hit in Sunday's 6-3 loss to Boston.
Caufield found the back of the net for a third straight game. An Arber Xhekaj shot caromed in off Caufield's leg, and the winger later snuck a shot through Jeremy Swayman's legs to cut the deficit to 5-3. The two goals increased Caufield's season total to 16 (tied for third in NHL) through 24 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores in loss
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots and assisted on another in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers. He also blocked a shot.
Caufield controlled a loose puck off the boards and beat Jonathan Quick five-hole from a severe angle. The tally was the 14th of the season for Caufield, who leads Montreal in that category and is tied for sixth in the NHL.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Tallies on power play
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Caufield scored a power-play goal, had five shots on net and recorded two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win in Columbus.
Caufield raced to the Columbus end after Juraj Slafkovsky forced a turnover and led Caufield to a breakaway for the Canadiens' second goal of the game. He beat Elvis Merzlikins low to the stick side. It was the first goal in six games for Caufield and seventh overall on the power play. He leads Montreal with 13 goals through 22 outings, a far quicker pace than last season when he needed 43 games to reach that many tallies.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Nets two power-play goals Monday
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Caufield scored a pair of power-play goals in Monday's 7-5 win over the Sabres.
Caufield's 11th goal of 2024-25 ended his four-game scoring drought, and his second in Monday's game held up as the game-winner. Caufield has a league-leading 12 goals this campaign. He has added one assist and 41 shots on net through 16 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores 10th goal of season
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Caufield scored a power-play goal and had two shots on net in Thursday's 6-3 loss to Washington.
Caufield, who recorded his fourth man-advantage tally, wristed a laser past Charlie Lindgren to tie the game at one goal per side. It was the 10th goal of the season for Caufield, who kept pace with New Jersey's Nico Hischier atop the NHL's goal leaders. Caufield has goals in four straight games and six over his last six outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Tallies in win
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Caufield scored a goal on one shot and had one hit in Saturday's 5-2 win over St. Louis.
Caufield entered the neutral zone with speed and took advantage of a large gap given to him by St. Louis defender Philip Broberg. Caufield's laser beat Jordan Binnington to the far side for the forward's seventh tally on 22 shots (31.8 shooting percentage) this season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Lights lamp twice in shootout loss
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Caufield scored two goals, one on the power play, in Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders.
The 23-year-old winger earned the Canadiens a point with his tying tally late in the third period, but Caufield couldn't solve Semyon Varlamov in the shootout. Caufield is off to a blistering start this season. racking up six goals and seven points in six games, and he seems headed for a breakout after posting a career-high 28 goals and 65 points in 2023-24.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Snipes twice in win
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Caufield scored two goals on three shots and blocked one shot in Saturday's 4-1 win over Ottawa.
Caufield scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal from the left wing circle in the first period and later finished the scoring cleaning up a rebound of a Nick Suzuki breakaway bid. It was the fourth tally in three games for Caufield, who's scored 12 goals over the last 12 games dating back to April.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Pots only goal in Wednesday's win
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Caufield scored the game-winning goal on the power play in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Maple Leafs.
The 23-year-old wired a one-timer past Anthony Stolarz midway through the first period, and it was all the offense Sam Montembeault would end up needing. Caufield played a full 82-game schedule for the first time in 2023-24, but a decline in his shooting to 8.9 percent meant he only managed 28 goals, still a career high. More puck luck in 2024-25 should lead to Caufield's first 30-goal campaign, and he has the talent to reach an even higher plateau.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Goals in last two games
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Caufield scored a goal on seven shots and blocked two shots in Thursday's 7-4 loss to Tampa Bay.
Caufield brought the Canadiens within two goals midway through the third period, potting his 22nd of the season. It was the second straight game with a goal for Caufield, who had been mired in a scoring slump (one goal, 71 shots) prior to this recent surge.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Wraparound game-winner
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Caufield scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Panthers.
Caufield took the long way to beat Anthony Stolarz on a wraparound shot to give Montreal a 4-2 lead just 33 seconds into the third period. It was the seventh game-winning goal for Caufield, who had been mired in a significant scoring drought. The fourth-year forward had scored just one goal in the 19 games leading up to Tuesday's contest. He's four points shy of what would be his first 60-point season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Helps in win
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Caufield had an assist, one shot on net and one blocked shot in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Kraken.
Caufield had the primary helper on Kaiden Guhle's first-period tally that gave Montreal a 1-0 lead. Caufield's had a productive March, logging eight points over 10 games, but the forward's wayward scoring touch has returned. He has just one goal on 64 shots over the last 16 games; that's similar to an earlier stretch, when Caufield had one goal (38 shots) in a 12-game stretch between Nov. 30 and Dec. 28.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Notches assist in loss
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Caufield logged an assist and two shots on goal in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Canucks.
Caufield set up a Juraj Slafkovsky tally in the last minute of the second period. The 23-year-old Caufield has enjoyed a solid March with seven points over nine appearances this month. He's up to 54 points, 265 shots on net, 51 hits and a minus-8 rating through 69 outings overall as a fixture on the Canadiens' top line.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Breaks goal drought
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Caufield scored a goal on seven shots and had one hit in Saturday's 5-2 loss to Calgary.
Caufield one-timed a feed from linemate Nick Suzuki to snap a 12-game stretch without a goal. The tally was Caufield's 20th, giving him three consecutive seasons with at least 20 goals.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Helps on power play
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Caufield recorded a power-play assist, six shots on net, one block and one hit in Tuesday's 3-0 win over the Blue Jackets.
Caufield had the secondary helper on Juraj Slafkovsky's power-play tally 19 seconds after Mathieu Olivier was whistled for hooking. The assists are piling up for Caufield, who has seven over the last eight games and a career-high 33 this season, but he hasn't tickled the twine in 11 contests. It's not from lack of trying -- the forward has 48 shots on net during the drought.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Goal drought reaches 10
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Caufield logged an assist, four shots on net, two blocks and two hits in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Caufield recorded the primary assist on Mike Matheson's tally 38 seconds into the game. The forward is piling up assists with six helpers over the last seven contests, but Caufield has gone 10 games without finding the back of the net and has just two goals over the last 16.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Slides assist in loss
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Caufield logged an assist and four shots on net in Saturday's 4-3 loss to New Jersey.
Caufield fired a cross-ice pass to a streaking Nick Suzuki, who beat Nico Daws short-side to put Montreal up, 2-1, midway through the second period. The assist snapped a three-game point drought for Caufield, who has a career-high 27 helpers over 58 games.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Snaps scoreless run
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Caufield scored two goals, one on the power play, on six shots and had two hits over 20:36 of ice time in Thursday's 7-4 loss to the Rangers.
Caufield put a stop to a five-game run without a goal when he scored a power-play goal in the second period. His tip of a Mike Matheson shot went wide, but the puck bounced off the back boards then off the leg of Jonathan Quick. The 23-year-old Caufield then ended the game's scoring in the third period with his 19th of the season. Caufield has points in 13 of the last 14 contests, posting eight goals and 10 assists during that stretch.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Begins new streak
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Caufield had a power-play assist and eight shots on net over 20:20 of ice time in Tuesday's 5-0 win over Anaheim.
Caufield, who saw his career-high 11-game point streak halted in Sunday's loss to the Blues, potentially began a new one with his power-play helper. He was part of a chaotic sequence in front of Lukas Dostal that resulted in Nick Suzuki feeding Juraj Slafkovsky for the Canadiens' fourth goal. Caufield has gone five games without a goal, but he's remained involved in scoring explosions from both of his linemates. Suzuki has seven tallies over the last six games, while Slafkovsky has five over the last five contests.
